New-York tribune., 1887-12-13

MR.. sPKlNGEN~ yhiN A>XlelE.
,,.,,c,rr FROM mo MANS LAMB NOT YET

W. xru,>or,S Dec. IL tSpccGll.-Mr Springer OF
Iunois canio TO front In tho House Today LOOKING
as neat aud fcsh the rose In the top buttonholc
~ his coat. lie folt cheerful and happy for h had
a proposifion which he know to be wholly novel and
which h, believed would cany the House lN orn 1t
was nothing less than to refer 10 the Committee oa
territories of which Mr. Springer expects to DE chair
man III, y,ctiton Of O. G. Chase. who claims to have
been elected a cgate Congress from No Mans
Land, or the Territory of Cnsrron" The resolution
offered by Springer pyided also ''l pending action
on the pe.jtlnn Chase be admitted the privileges OF
the floor of the Ponse the same focnr as contest
ants for in that body Springer seemed to &c IN
earnes, and at first tho absurdity Of his rCpolon
not the mpudcnce of It, seemed fairly to stan the
uo1se. There short discussion. mainly IN fa'oi
OF the resolution and then s :. Cox, who Apparently
scented o mouse IN TIE meal tub, moved 10 ID! lhc
proposition the table, which wa done by VOC u
158 to SO.
Ever since he arrived In Washington, Springer has
been ~ with TINS CimaIOn scheme, when i en-!
another 0f tho protean dSsniSrS ," "'icn '"0
boma =" "toolnerss seek to hido themselves INC
puI1c Land str, as 1t IS called lies south OF Kansas
and Colorado and comprises 3c0OOO acres over
which neither the public land laws nor the lnIisdcuon
of the United states courts has been cAiehu'| Inv
settlers are squatters" who unable to OBTAIN 'o'
TO their holdings and legal machinery cXiss lof I'M
proiection of life property or the pnh'hl'eh' vi
bring the little strip of land with the jurisdiction OF
the courts and under the operation of the Homestead
law but ID was defeated by President Cleveland H.
asrnch as some of tho on ncw papers hay
made sensational charges from time to time against INC
advocates OF that lcgisa'ion 1t fay "
well TO give the exact i'c'S 'o'r'r'"""
II. Mr.. Ryan, Of Kansas offered bil TO
extend the public land laws over It, Thc iio'>' 'u
dietary Committee reported he bill with an am h'n''
tha
only undcr the Homestead law ana that u" sot'io
sbnlld receive a patent until he had Ned ON anu 'u',
waited his land during period of Nv co 'A,Nc Scl,
Tlis proVsO of course deprived hpnofaiN hdI =
Irnion soldiers of a right Which they enjoy undr me
genera! Homestead law. II waS laic IN tie Sc so -
Ssane,al Weaver # Iowa. W. Springer, ard "thcr
cps to were Hterrsicd IN the success of he Ola
homa scheme wer, determined to defeat the bll a. an
hazards because they wanted the snip as me u Us
of the Territory of Oklahoma consequently the
friends of law and order. and the men who wantec e
Sripr opcnod to settlement ns"ut'd 10 th Fa> az
OF tho h wi The oonoNious pr VI o ratn,r a o o S
opportunity to acquire legal utlc to their l"nds. .
The mll was passed by the senate exactly as II
PASSED the House, which was IN the form Icroni neu
fv the Coumiss soner of the General and Ice ana c
Secretary Of the Interior u reach "a ,nn Tb.
fr,rnds of The Oklahoma scheme realized AZ Som"
thing must be done II is asserted by NOR ''N OF the
House aud by Senators as). that Srcaher Carlisle was
induced hv certain rcprcsentatIonS made 10 him 10
warn tho President that IN" measure was cor 'lnl
one which lr wonld letter MOI appro O. Some hah,a.
men Intimate that Mr. Carlisle was the more easily
persuaded - do this because some ~ his wla'cS ana
closc political friends had land interests Will cor
mav the President refused to approve " and 50 for
some months longer \. Mans Land" has b'-r com
nellcd to remain IN chaotic GitiCn-e IrfIGc for
fritlvrs from Justice and the TO Law abiding
citizens and 0unitics Sprir g"r'S anxiety 20 create
Territory with an area OF less than G.Ooo square
miles while ha at the time insists ih2t DahOa.
with 14o OcO square miles shall not bH divided. would
suggest moons -'"ncv I'm anybody except him TIC
Ctmarron job seems to be dead for this session at
least